for (int i = 0; i < valuesInExpectedOrder.size(); i++) {
      T t = valuesInExpectedOrder.get(i);

      for (int j = 0; j < i; j++) {
        T lesser = valuesInExpectedOrder.get(j);
        assertTrue(lesser + ".compareTo(" + t + ')', lesser.compareTo(t) < 0);
        assertFalse(lesser.equals(t));
      }

      assertEquals(t + ".compareTo(" + t + ')', 0, t.compareTo(t));
      assertTrue(t.equals(t));

    for (int i = 0; i < valuesInExpectedOrder.size(); i++) {
      T t = valuesInExpectedOrder.get(i);

      for (int j = 0; j < i; j++) {
        T lesser = valuesInExpectedOrder.get(j);
        assertTrue(lesser + ".compareTo(" + t + ')', lesser.compareTo(t) < 0);
        assertFalse(lesser.equals(t));
      }

      assertEquals(t + ".compareTo(" + t + ')', 0, t.compareTo(t));
      assertTrue(t.equals(t));

			// consider the offline disks as consistent.
			continue
		}
		if !meta.Deleted {
			if len(meta.Erasure.Distribution) != len(onlineDisks) {
				// Erasure distribution seems to have lesser
				// number of items than number of online disks.
				inconsistent++
				continue
			}
			if meta.Erasure.Distribution[i] != meta.Erasure.Index {
				// Mismatch indexes with distribution order

 *   <li>Next, non-null {@code Foo} values are passed to {@code getBarFunction} (we will be
 *       comparing {@code Bar} values from now on)
 *   <li>Next, if only one {@code Bar} is null, that null value is treated as <i>lesser</i>
 *   <li>Finally, natural ordering is used (i.e. the result of {@code Bar.compareTo(Bar)} is
 *       returned)
 * </ol>
 *

   * compares, using {@link #compare(int, int)}), the first pair of values that follow any common
   * prefix, or when one array is a prefix of the other, treats the shorter array as the lesser. For
   * example, {@code [] < [1] < [1, 2] < [2] < [1 << 31]}.
   *
   * <p>The returned comparator is inconsistent with {@link Object#equals(Object)} (since arrays

   * compares, using {@link #compare(int, int)}), the first pair of values that follow any common
   * prefix, or when one array is a prefix of the other, treats the shorter array as the lesser. For
   * example, {@code [] < [1] < [1, 2] < [2] < [1 << 31]}.
   *
   * <p>The returned comparator is inconsistent with {@link Object#equals(Object)} (since arrays

 *   <li>Next, non-null {@code Foo} values are passed to {@code getBarFunction} (we will be
 *       comparing {@code Bar} values from now on)
 *   <li>Next, if only one {@code Bar} is null, that null value is treated as <i>lesser</i>
 *   <li>Finally, natural ordering is used (i.e. the result of {@code Bar.compareTo(Bar)} is
 *       returned)
 * </ol>
 *

      case 2:
        return 1; // The lone element in the maxHeap is the maximum.
      default:
        // The max element must sit on the first level of the maxHeap. It is
        // actually the *lesser* of the two from the maxHeap's perspective.
        return (maxHeap.compareElements(1, 2) <= 0) ? 1 : 2;
    }
  }

  /**

   * compares, using {@link #compare(int, int)}), the first pair of values that follow any common
   * prefix, or when one array is a prefix of the other, treats the shorter array as the lesser. For
   * example, {@code [] < [1] < [1, 2] < [2]}.
   *
   * <p>The returned comparator is inconsistent with {@link Object#equals(Object)} (since arrays

   * compares, using {@link #compare(double, double)}), the first pair of values that follow any
   * common prefix, or when one array is a prefix of the other, treats the shorter array as the
   * lesser. For example, {@code [] < [1.0] < [1.0, 2.0] < [2.0]}.
   *
   * <p>The returned comparator is inconsistent with {@link Object#equals(Object)} (since arrays